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May
Letter from a wounded Green Beret
Please take the time to read this letter from Kevin Flikes, just one of the wounded Green Berets who have been assisted by the Green Beret Foundation. THIS is Why We Race. Please consider donating! —————————————————— When I was 14 years old I saw a video about Green Beret selection…
May
Online Auction to Support the Green Beret Foundation
As part of our effort to support the Green Beret Foundation we want to get the word out to all of you about an online auction being held to raise funds for the GBF by selling some really cool stuff. Check out the auction site: www.24fundraiser.com/sofauction, make a bid, and you…
May
WOW—check out this photo of our newly wrapped team car!
We are tremendously grateful to Trevor, Otto, Michael and the entire team at DLS in Lumberton, NC (http://defenselogisticssupport.com) for their significant donation of materials and time to wrap our team car for the RAAM. This car looks absolutely fabulous and will go a long way toward helping us achieve our…
Apr
Another account of the recent Rehearsal Ride
Saturday, Team GBF took on Skyline Drive for 102 miles and 10,500 ft of climbing. Our coach Sue Hefler said, “you need to start logging the volume/ miles. I would seriously say okay, for the next 2 mos it is BIKE bike bike.” That’s exactly what we’re doing. The day…
Apr
Rehearsal ride
On April 20th, a beautiful sunny brisk spring day, Team GBF did a rehearsal through the scenic rolling hills and mountains of the Virginia country side. It was an opportunity to test our rider rotations and chase car operations with the Sprinter van. Starting in the town of Marshall we…
Apr
New Gold Sponsor – Cruise America!!
Team GBF is extremely grateful and happy that Cruise America has jumped aboard as our newest Gold sponsor. I’m sure that everyone reading this blog has seen one of those awesome Cruise America RV’s at some point rolling down a highway somewhere in the US or Canada. Cruise America graciously offered…
Apr
Training Ride in Rio de Janeiro
I am in Rio for business and have been challenged by my work schedule to even get into the gym to use a stationary bike for training over the past week. So you can imagine how excited I was this morning to find the Ciclovia Zona Sul bike shop across…
Apr
Race Across America: Riding The Line – Episode 1
Watch Micky as he prepares to race in 2014 by learning and following a handful of 2013 racers. Bike safe – Gino
